Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

Svetlana Alexievich, the Belarusian author awarded the Nobel Prize for literature last year, said she can’t understand what Russia’s military is doing in Syria. In an interview with RFE/RL’s Current Time TV, Alexievich told host Timur Olevskiy that she found Russia’s actions in Syria “incomprehensible.”...

In a stormy debate, the two main candidates for U.S. vice president clashed over relations to Russia. Democratic Tim Kaine accused Republican nominee Donald Trump of admiring Russian President Vladimir Putin. Republican Mike Pence that said Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton had prioritized the ‘reset’ policy of improving relations...

Moscow summoned the Dutch ambassador on October 3 to complain about a criminal investigation last week that concluded that a missile brought in from Russia shot down a passenger jet flying over eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

Tens of thousands of Hasidic pilgrims gathered in the Ukrainian city of Uman to celebrate the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

A Ukrainian journalist is being held in custody in Russia on espionage charges. Federal Security Service (FSB) officials said on October 3 that Roman Sushchenko was detained in Moscow on September 30. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...